Bengals wild overtime win ends with final score that's never happened before in NFL history — SkimNews
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- Cincinnati Bengals overcame a 36-29 deficit when Joe Burrow engineered an 81-yard scoring drive, capped by an 18-yard pass to Tee Higgins with 1:17 left to tie the game.
- Joe Burrow went 4-for-4 for 51 yards on Cincinnati’s first overtime possession, then capped the drive with a 9-yard touchdown run for a 43-36 lead.
- Joe Burrow finished with 462 passing yards despite three interceptions, becoming the second player in NFL history to record at least 450 passing yards, five touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown in a single game.
- Tee Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase each went off for more than 140 yards as Burrow’s two favorite weapons.
- Cincinnati Bengals created the unusual scoring path with a third-quarter safety that broke a 21-21 tie at 23-21; after Tennessee moved ahead 28-23, Cincinnati retook the lead at 29-28 but missed its two-point conversion.
- NFL logged its third scorigami of the 2026 season, the first since two in Week 1 nearly two months earlier; it was Cincinnati’s first in four years and Tennessee’s first since 2020.
- NFL generated just four scorigamis last year, and one more in 2026 would match that total.
Why it matters: For Cincinnati, the 43-36 result marked the NFL’s 1,098th unique final score and their first scorigami in four years. Burrow also reached a separate league milestone with 462 yards, five touchdown passes and one rushing score despite three interceptions; Tennessee’s 36-29 late lead was erased with 1:17 left before the overtime win.
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